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Take advantage of outstanding content-specific professional development opportunities that directly impact the success of your students and your programs.
Be confident in the advocacy voice for music education at the federal, state and local levels.
Access resources like the Illinois Music Educator Journal that support music education and help us create the best opportunities for all Illinois learners.
Expand your professional network and connect with thoughtful and inspiring music colleagues from around the state.
Build and access support throughout your professional music education career from preservice into active service and into retirement.
Join the over 25,000 teachers and students who take part in these outstanding events!
Through auditions or nominations, students at participating schools can take part in local and state-level ensembles with other Illinois music students. Opportunities for elementary through high school students include
band, chorus, general music, jazz and orchestra.
Become a participating school today!
The premier professional development event for Illinois Music Educators
The annual conference held in Peoria, Illinois brings together educators from every area and age level of music education. Featuring over 150 clinics and concerts over three days, you are sure to come away with fresh ideas and resources to bring back to your classroom!
Are you looking to incorporate more Orff into your music classes? Are you excited to begin but need the instruments? Now is the time to apply for the EGM Instrument loan program from ILMEA! With this program, you can apply to use the 13 piece ILMEA Orff Instrumentarium to be housed and used at your school for the second half of this school year. What better way can there be to enrich your students’ music education and demonstrate to your administrator how important these instruments can be to your program?